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MSFT when Ballmer became CEO in 2000 – $40

MSFT when Ballmer was replaced in 2014 – $40

GOOG when Sundar became CEO in 2015 – $30

GOOG today – $137

The situations aren't exactly comparable.



MSFT today: $373. Yeah I would say 10x growth vs 4x isn’t comparable.


The point of the comparison was to compare the stock growth during the tenures of the two CEOs in question. Steve Ballmer ceased to be CEO in 2014.


They dont really have a signal as well. The stock price could be due to external reasons like growth of mobile, growth of internet etc. These are the products that Google had always had. MSFT under Satya otoh launched a major initiative into the cloud and delivered growing revenue yoy.


What a terrible comparison. Both companies went through a stock split while they were CEOs.


All stock apps account for splits.


The post I am commenting on is NOT accounting for a stock split.




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